When the pandemic hit full force in March, my three roommates and I hunkered down in our four-bedroom house in Los Angeles with our collection of board games. That first month, nobody left the house. We got groceries delivered and we steadfastly avoided the apocalypse outside. We didn’t need sunshine – we had Azul. We […..]
Spoiler free: a) I will not describe any of the riddles or the solutions. b) All of the images included are of items you see when you open the box and set up the game. c) Images were approved for upload by ThinkFun (for what it’s worth these should be considered spoiler free by the […..]
In the past few years, an awesome trend has sprung up in gaming, and it’s been quickly growing and evolving: home mysteries. One-off, cooperative puzzle adventures, often strongly story driven and with a lot of emphasis on atmosphere. They’re sort of a hybrid between subscription boxes like The Mysterious Package Company (check those out if […..]
EA Sports has dominated the sports-gaming business for decades, with the evolution of online gaming. It was a no-brainer that the leader of the industry would eventually expand into a competitive betting market. In the wake of recent implications regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a surge in FIFA 2020 simulated competitions taking place […..]
The Christmas holidays are here, and as you all know, board games make the perfect gift for friends and families. And this year we don’t want to overwhelm you with all the options, so we have compiled a guide for you folks, because you deserve some fun and laughter around the board game table. This […..]
Sports fans and board game enthusiasts don’t seem like the most natural of allies, and it can be hard finding common interests with which to bring together groups of friends with these two vastly differing pastimes. So what do you do to bridge that gap between you and your sportier friends? What activities could possibly […..]
The year is 2005, and it’s 11 o’clock on a Sunday night. We’ve just finished watching the most recent episode of Entourage on HBO—well, actually, we watched last week’s episode, then the new episode, then the new episode a second time, as is our weekly tradition. I’m in my best friend John’s huge South Beach […..]